Improvement in aquaria



I To all'fzuliom it may concerti.

UNIT-ED vSTATES PATENT OFFicE.

HERRMANN SHLARBAUM, or NEW YORK, N.' Y.

y IMPROVEMENT-IN AQUARIA.

. SpecicationA forming-part of Letters Patent No. 341,040, dated January 1', 1861.

,reference marked thereon. Figure I represents a-front view','aud Fig.

II a section, of my' improved aquarium.

At the presentvmoment aquariaA are very expensive, besides being' rather clumsy, liable to leaks and accidents, 'andcannot easily ind a place in the parlor, in consequence of which .an extrastand or table must be consigned to them, often required for more needful things. These difficulties, small as they seem to be,

fully account that this beautiful display of livii1g t`1shes,as presented in a well-stocked aquariun'nis so seldom met with in private houses. y v

My improvement consists inthe arrangemeut. and construction of an aquarium so as to bring' the same in precisely the same relation as pictures capable of being suspended on thevwall. g:

In the accompanying drawings, A represen ts a flat-,.oval, or roundvessel blown of white. gia-ss, with a wide mouth .or opening, B, for the introduction ofthe. water, animals, Ste. ,This vessel is placedinasuitable frame, C,

similar to picture-frames or frames for other ornamentatiou's of parlor-wallsl Two eyes, D l), are fastened to the vessel A for suspending the same on the wall, or provision may be made on the frame for this purpose. A-

glass vessel as here described, made in one piece, will never leak vnor'cost much. The back, resting against the wall, may be painted plaiuxor ornamented with suitable scenery.

."Larger aquaria may be made by havingthe back and sides of china,'earthenware, or evenv cast-ironpwith plate-glass put tight Vin the front; The depth of these glass vessels requiresto be only sufficient 'to admit the turning,r round of the animals, and need consequently not project more than eight to nine inches.

l The outside shape of my improved aquarium and the style of frame, as well as the manner oi' ornamenting thc saine, admit of an 'endless variety, on which fancy and cost alone must decide.v i

What l claim as my invention, auddesire to secure by [letters Patent, is-

The described construction of an aquarium,

'arranged so as to be suspended on a wall, in

the manner and for the v,purpose substantially as set forth.

l-IERRMANN SHLARBAUM.

Witnesses: l u l V Hanni.' E. HOUDER,

JULMN KERN. 

